KOTA TINGGI, Oct 21 — The (*32*) Fire and Rescue Department has managed to put out a raging fire involving 32 hectares of secondary forest on the Sebana Cove-Punggai bypass right here after practically a week of firefighting efforts.
Sebana Cove Fire and Rescue station chief Assistant Fire Superintendent Mohd Khairul Sufian Dahari mentioned that the blaze was introduced beneath management at 8pm yesterday by the joint operation group.
“The forest fire took a while to extinguish because of the location of the recent spots that had been very shut to one another, with some being about 200 metres aside.
“The firemen additionally confronted some difficulties as they needed to wade by swamp areas all through the length of the operation,” mentioned Mohd Khairul in a assertion right this moment.
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At current, Mohd Khairul mentioned a group of firemen and Civil Defence Force personnel had been nonetheless working on a small scale within the affected areas.
He defined that the group was tasked with making certain that every one flames had been absolutely extinguished as the recent and dry spell was conducive to sparking one other fire.
“It has not rained on the affected space for over a week and the present unpredictable wind circumstances additionally pose a threat in reigniting the fire,” he mentioned.
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On Tuesday, it was reported that firemen had extinguished a fire involving 23 hectares of secondary forest after three days of operation.
Firemen from the (*32*) Fire and Rescue Department pack up their makeshift tents that had been earlier erected through the peak of the blaze on the Sebana Cove-Punggai bypass in Kota Tinggi October 20, 2023. — Picture courtesy of the (*32*) Fire and Rescue Department
Firemen employed varied firefighting strategies, such utilizing as a zone division technique, to regulate the blaze.
However, they confronted difficulties in controlling the remaining 9 hectares because of the dry spell and unfavourable wind circumstances.
Prior to that, the (*32*) Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) additionally assisted by deploying its amphibious Bombardier CL415MP plane to help with the fire-fighting efforts.
Since final Sunday afternoon, the close by areas of the fire had been reportedly lined in smoke, and visibility was restricted to solely two kilometres.
